This post is the first part of a series called “Experimenting with WordPress” If you post something on X about a new WordPress fork – or even a hint of a fork – you’ll likely have your feed explode with…
Over the summer I created Disembark, which is a super simple way to generate a WordPress backup. There are plenty of existing tools for making a WordPress backup like ManageWP, WP Umbrella, Solid Backups, and so on. So why did…
Elementor 3.26 was a big update and dropped support for outdated and deprecated code. This resulted in several compatibility issues relating to 3rd party addons made for Elementor. This is one of those rare updates, in which you need to…
There are plenty of options when it comes to optimizing your images. With Kinsta, a single click from their built in CDN and all images will be served out using the most optimization version. Jetpack plugin has a similar feature…
Many years ago WordPress introduce a new method for handling large images. If an image larger then 2560px wide is uploaded then WordPress would generate a scaled down version. These scaled images help keep users from accidentally linking to truly…
WordPress databases comes with an options table, and entries in this table can be marked for autoload. Autoloading means the row of data will be included with each request to WordPress. If the amount of data being autoloaded becomes excessive…
Keeping emails sending properly from WordPress can be a little tricky. There are things you can do to improve email deliverability. Routing emails through a transaction email service or a real email account can greatly improve odds that your email…
When migrating websites to Anchor Hosting it’s somewhat common that I’m also performing malware cleanup. I suppose if your web host doesn’t take responsibly of malware infections then you should take a hint and find a new web host. Did…
One of my most requested features for Kinsta was for them to build an API. Well, they listened and have been regularly rolling out new API endpoints: Any hosting provider with a powerful API is an open invitation for…
WP-CLI’s plugin verify checksums is an awesome builtin security feature. With a single command wp plugin verify-checksums –all you can make sure all of your WordPress.org plugins are valid and haven’t been tampered with. It’s one of the first commands…